Research on Global & China Graphene Industry, 2015

Research on Global & China Graphene Industry, 2015

Currently graphene is still in the research stage. The limitations of preparative technique and the inactive downstream demand determined that the graphene has yet to achieve large-scale mass production.

Most graphene producers currently produce graphene nanoplatelets and graphene oxide. Within the last year graphene producers have increased production capabilities considerably. XG Sciences, Angstron Materials and Vorbeck have increased, or are planning to increase, their production capacities twenty-fold.

Producers of graphene are generally small, start-up companies who have witnessed an explosion in demand for their materials from a variety of industries. Companies such as IBM and Samsung are pursuing applications for graphene in electronics and optics, which are likely only to be realized in the medium to long-term. Most near-term demand is for composites and coatings for application in the automotive, plastics, coatings, construction, metals, batteries, aerospace and energy markets.

The market size of China’s graphene market is about 29 million RMB, and could achieve a CAGR of 95% from 2014 to 2020. The driving forces mainly comes from composites and touch screen market.

In 2014, graphene composites markets in China achieves 4.77 million RMB sales, accounting for 16.4% of total graphene sales in China.

Currently there are approximately 10 major graphene-related companies in China, some of them declared that they has accessed mass-production of graphene, but actually their products are graphene powder. This lead to a false prosperity in China’s capital market in 2014.